Paisley Daily Express

Paper.. The BIG Saturday Crossword

Cryptic clues

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Across

7. One who rolls up a jacket (6) 8. Unseated, we hear, from a lofty perch (6) 10. Part of Spain where one is imprisoned in a fortress (7) 11. Pay in goods for freight transport (5) 12. Location for some of the scenes I televised (4) 13. A great many high cards - clubs! (5) 17. Electricit­y authority (5) 18. Not far from endless darkness (4) 22. Tapestry put back in sumptuous arrangemen­t (5) 23. Supervisor to engage too many staff (7) 24. See 5 Down (6) 25. Handles eccentrics (6)

Down

1. Method of manufactur­ing company brought up in the newspapers (7) 2. Compactnes­s of a

specific kind! (7) 3. Fifty nine backing

Russian leader (5) 4. To cause fragmentat­ion of the arts (7) 5 & 24 Ac. In practice

he’s a stand-in (5,6) 6. Are they classed as

furniture? (5) 9. Boccaccio’s tales of French romance translated (9) 14. They’re related to us when the money’s around! (7) 15. Change in metal - needs to be treated (7) 16. She gets involved

with nice oriental (7) 19. Glutinous meat pie (5) 20. Conqueror of Gaul, to

be candid (5) 21. The kind of stone

that’s a certain type (5)

Down

1. Whine (7) 2. Inebriated (7) 3. Cover (5) 4. Feverish (7) 5. Stop! (5) 6. Silly (5) 9. Feeling (9) 14. Feathers (7) 15. Trip (7) 16. Funnel (7) 19. Range (5) 20. Tag (5) 21. Arrogate (5)

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